Triton XX, Lot: 697. Estimate $1500. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Titus. As Caesar, AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 26.77 g, 6h). “Judaea Capta” commemorative. Rome mint. Struck under Vespasian, AD 73. T CAES VESPASIAN IMP PON TR POT COS II, laureate head right / IVDAEA CAPTA, S C in exergue, palm tree; on left, Titus standing right, foot set on helmet, holding spear and parazonium; on right, Jewess seated right on cuirass in attitude of mourning. RIC II 422 (Vespasian); Hendin 1523; BMCRE 631-2 (Vespasian); BN 618. Good VF, dark brown and tan patina with traces of green, minor smoothing and roughness.
Ex Heritage 3024 (CICF, 18 April 2013), lot 24872.